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neil: a republican senator and a democratic senator have the same question for the faa, if our budget is bigger, why are the delays getting longer, they want to know if you cut, why controllers and towers at the top of the list. not ought of the other stuff under -- not all other stuff under. senator, quickly garnering a lot of support for what he is calls protect our skies act. you want to know, look, we understand the sequestration cuts but we question why these cuts? >> absolutely. no business person would make the choice to cut things that effect their customers the most. why does government make that decision unless there is some motivation to get the consequences to be as dramatic and difficult as possible. neil: they say they have no choice. i don't know who is telling trulgingtruth, i have looked in, they say with these cuts they are almost preordained, these are cuts to some everyone agreed. i don't remember talking to a losalot of your colleagues at te time that sequestration would include automatically air traffic controllers, maybe i missed something? >> absolutely not the
neil: a republican senator and a democratic senator have the same question for the faa, if our budget is bigger, why are the delays getting longer, they want to know if you cut, why controllers and towers at the top of the list. not ought of the other stuff under -- not all other stuff under. senator, quickly garnering a lot of support for what he is calls protect our skies act. you want to know, look, we understand the sequestration cuts but we question why these cuts? >> absolutely. no...
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neil: faa has a higher budget this year than last year, i having said that, what is in it for them, if you think about. everything i think trickles down to the president good or bad. >> a few months they played the hand it was a disaster, they walked it back, they saw of it not a disaster we just slowing increase in spending. neil: your facts are dead obut these cuts would be rolled in this is latest more come ing on the travelling, you say it is a nightmare because there are fewer planes and stuff to the gill. >> yes, you have 4 airlines controlling 85% of domestic flights, people saying that airfares are not going up are crazy, they are going up, they have been rising it will be a very expensive summer to travel, and chuck schumer saying it will be like flying in a blizzard, these are the conditions, if he is talking about a blizzard because of the sequester cuts, what is going to happen to travelers, they will think twice about travelling, 1.7 million people jammed and the planes this summer maybe they will think twice about going, then what is the economic impact on that? it affect
neil: faa has a higher budget this year than last year, i having said that, what is in it for them, if you think about. everything i think trickles down to the president good or bad. >> a few months they played the hand it was a disaster, they walked it back, they saw of it not a disaster we just slowing increase in spending. neil: your facts are dead obut these cuts would be rolled in this is latest more come ing on the travelling, you say it is a nightmare because there are fewer planes...
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you know, you squeak and squawk enough you get a wheel and grease, furloughs of the faa stop. i'm not sure we had corresponding cuts, but bottom line, if we didn't make those cuts some where else then all this was for naught. >> we'll make the cuts somewhere else. neil: i do not believe it. >> right, we'll see. but, whole performance today by the president, was pretty incredible to watch, a sight to see, my favorite answer his head in the sand nothing to see her response on obamacare train wreck to quote max. but on sequester, you nailed it president, doing same thing he has been doing for three months now blames republicans issue whole blame game thing, i guess 300th time is a charm for him? people are not buying it. off he went against to blame the other side for his own program. neil: that is what i'm saying, right or lefts old? >> i will disagree with all of you, shocking. i really don't think we need to cut right now during bad economy times, i have heard. neil: i thought you said times were improving. >> they are, but not yet. >> is there ever a good time to cut? >> yes
you know, you squeak and squawk enough you get a wheel and grease, furloughs of the faa stop. i'm not sure we had corresponding cuts, but bottom line, if we didn't make those cuts some where else then all this was for naught. >> we'll make the cuts somewhere else. neil: i do not believe it. >> right, we'll see. but, whole performance today by the president, was pretty incredible to watch, a sight to see, my favorite answer his head in the sand nothing to see her response on...
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neil: shaking on a plane, giving the faa as shake. lookinat whether safety rules were violated on this plane. but instead of working about this, how about they focus on stopping the next shoe bomber or nightmare dream liner. this shakedown is a joke. but it is what it is. what do you make of this? >> what i make of it is we hear from armageddon, the government right now, the faa is existing on leftover dog food. let's have some priorities here. they asked the stewardess for permission to do it, everyone seems to be pretty amused. let's face it that flying is such a misery anyway that everyone needs to lighten up a little bit. maybe this is the way to do it. maybe we ought to have that on every flight. neil: m sure if the captain had gone on the speaker and said we are about o be conservative, they would've sat down. >> on our. neil: but i think it is overkill. i'm wondering if it is another agency that should be focused on the safety of our planes that are ready to take off and making sure that the wrong guys on a plane. it just seems
neil: shaking on a plane, giving the faa as shake. lookinat whether safety rules were violated on this plane. but instead of working about this, how about they focus on stopping the next shoe bomber or nightmare dream liner. this shakedown is a joke. but it is what it is. what do you make of this? >> what i make of it is we hear from armageddon, the government right now, the faa is existing on leftover dog food. let's have some priorities here. they asked the stewardess for permission to...
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the sequester, why close towers rather than cutting things like the large travel budget within the faa? >> look it, we've taken a very comprehensive approach here, and what we've done is we've looked at every contract. we have looked at every expense. we have looked at everything. we are making reductions everywhere including in travel. neil: transportation secretary ray lahood says the sequester cueses -- causes him to cut everywhere and the stimulus said he was hiring everywhere. >> we spend 48 billion and put 65,000 to work and 15,000 projects in two years. i'm proud of that. neil: the pretty ser prize, a caller, and, i hate to break it to you, but you won't get one because the people who control it don't admire the questions you ask. i certainly do. you were really just trying to get to the bottom of the silliness here, then as now, more silliness. what's going on? >> well, so far, we've heard that the faa is going to furlough employees up to 11 days, and, also, closs over 200 air traffic control towers, so they are the two major reductions that we're hearing from within the depart
the sequester, why close towers rather than cutting things like the large travel budget within the faa? >> look it, we've taken a very comprehensive approach here, and what we've done is we've looked at every contract. we have looked at every expense. we have looked at everything. we are making reductions everywhere including in travel. neil: transportation secretary ray lahood says the sequester cueses -- causes him to cut everywhere and the stimulus said he was hiring everywhere....
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. >> the faa chief under fire for flyers getting hot under the collar. welcome, i'm neil cavuto, and to hear some republicans tell us, the sequestration blame doesn't fly. airlines are now complaining. chicago o'hare on the big frustration and still the big wait, huh? >> nationwide, 2,623 flights delayed so far today. that's according to the flight tracking service flight aware. while many of those were due to weather, the majority of them are considered to be fallout from the sequestration cuts. this morning 45 minute delays in los angeles. 30 minutes in chicago. you can see we're in a afternoon lull but we spoke to passengers flying across the country and experiencing setbacks firsthand. >> you have a schedule you have to keep on, get your connecting flight. i think it's rotten we're paying for the sequester. >> it's an inappropriate area to cut. travel is extremely important to the american economy on multiple levels and time is money. >> i'm worried about the amount of travel i have to do and delays and having to plan ahead for delays. so we'll have
. >> the faa chief under fire for flyers getting hot under the collar. welcome, i'm neil cavuto, and to hear some republicans tell us, the sequestration blame doesn't fly. airlines are now complaining. chicago o'hare on the big frustration and still the big wait, huh? >> nationwide, 2,623 flights delayed so far today. that's according to the flight tracking service flight aware. while many of those were due to weather, the majority of them are considered to be fallout from the...
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and optics of f faa it looks ga. in summer the debt ceiling will have to be raised, some members, fiscally conservative, are wondering, when it is that going to stop? is there an end point, at some point there has to be a grand bargain, but what does it take for congress? we have not seen it despite the warning signals from greece and other countries. countries. lou: melissa i think of privacy advocates, about hey, we got google looking at and cameras, not a peep out of them now in the post boston worl world. i know where it is going. >> your guest said they are not being opportunistic they are. a grade opportunity for government to rack up more debt. they can find a reason to spend money. i don't know why the rest of the american public does not see it their money. neil: they see it is their airline, and their hineys waiting a long time. so they are afraid, that it boomrages on them. >> this idea of personal responsibility, you know that the blame game is just beginning, we see politicians, we have a sluggish econom
and optics of f faa it looks ga. in summer the debt ceiling will have to be raised, some members, fiscally conservative, are wondering, when it is that going to stop? is there an end point, at some point there has to be a grand bargain, but what does it take for congress? we have not seen it despite the warning signals from greece and other countries. countries. lou: melissa i think of privacy advocates, about hey, we got google looking at and cameras, not a peep out of them now in the post...
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neil: do you are about that -- you know people are still whining about you know, plane delays, and faa cuts. i'm not saying whether they are justified or not. >> i say they are not. neil: i hear you, believe me i think that we're -- something is not quite smelling right. but. lou, not, they got increases and they still cut. neil: i hear you, we're talking about this is kind of uproar you get whether 85 million worth of sequestration cuts over 10 years, most of them outer years, how will we do a fraction of stuff you mention? >> we got to bridge those who want on bring those who want out of control spending to reasonable trough, kicking and screaming, we got to do it for the sake of the country, as with deference to last segment you had, if you got out of control spending bankrupting a country you force guns to be sold to criminals in mexico, have you blundered over and over chances to rein in terrorists who killed americans, you bungled benghazi, and did not provide adequate security, then, this would be a great time to talk about whether -- weather, people do that all over the country
neil: do you are about that -- you know people are still whining about you know, plane delays, and faa cuts. i'm not saying whether they are justified or not. >> i say they are not. neil: i hear you, believe me i think that we're -- something is not quite smelling right. but. lou, not, they got increases and they still cut. neil: i hear you, we're talking about this is kind of uproar you get whether 85 million worth of sequestration cuts over 10 years, most of them outer years, how will...
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things like the faa and activities that americans depend on. >> reless working, i don't get it? >> i think it was becauss it was so overtly political the first time. rememberhen the president tried to close down the air traffic control system. smart republica le to coburn who said here is 10 programs you could cut. and o the same thing when they shutdown thefood inspection service and so fort this has gone on a while and americans would like this result charles: there is no doubt about that and that th president has won the pr battle. i have to tell you that it's pathetic some of the things they are ininabout. in the long run, mayye we will and we could live with smaller government. thank you and we will talk to you again soon. >> thank you. charles: the shutdown could slow down the keystone pipeline to the state department saying that it's slowing down the review process for the long delay. john campbell says that it's just ather administration excuse to block this ting. representative, it's pretty always that they don't like it. the point is likee a ictim i the turmoil of wash
things like the faa and activities that americans depend on. >> reless working, i don't get it? >> i think it was becauss it was so overtly political the first time. rememberhen the president tried to close down the air traffic control system. smart republica le to coburn who said here is 10 programs you could cut. and o the same thing when they shutdown thefood inspection service and so fort this has gone on a while and americans would like this result charles: there is no doubt...
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the faa will be on the scene conducting with the n.t.s.b. a thorough investigation. >> heather: he seemed to think that was not the case from looking, from his perspective at the pictures that we are looking at. the distance between the plane itself where it came to rest and the tail end as they zoomed out and saw the distance between the two. he seemed to think, according to his expert analysis, or initial analysis that the tail came off after the crash. >> gregg: here you see a hole in the back of plane. the tail is in three pieces in a different section of the runway. there is a gaping hole on the back end. it's unclear whether passengers could have gotten out or obstructed in some form. we do have a report that one of the slides, the blow up inflatable slides did activate. they saw people jumping down that slide. obviously, fire retardant was used all over the plane to put out the flames. >> we also have another report from redwood city, the fire department according to ktvu there were passengers on board who were being treated with burn
the faa will be on the scene conducting with the n.t.s.b. a thorough investigation. >> heather: he seemed to think that was not the case from looking, from his perspective at the pictures that we are looking at. the distance between the plane itself where it came to rest and the tail end as they zoomed out and saw the distance between the two. he seemed to think, according to his expert analysis, or initial analysis that the tail came off after the crash. >> gregg: here you see a...
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having faa funding, causing great problems for the american people, when we save this from overseas? they control things, too much money is being spent. >> bottom line, we have replaced this board the workers. thank you very much. neil: mark zuckerman says you encourage enemies call your bluff. and truly could we support if we take on an enemy waiting for us to call their bluff? it is all about we help. >> welcome to a large degree, we should help those countries that serve our own national security interests. we have countries that are very important to us like turkey. we have a ron trying to become this power in the region in iran as part of supporting syria and we have lebanon and jordan were reeling from the pressures coming out of this war. so there are some major interest that we have. >> how would you go about it? we chose sides after we helped the opposition in egypt. i think they have pointed out many mistakes. >> we have a lot of intelligence people on the ground. he wanted to say the muslim brotherhood would be our friend? >> i don't think anybody has thought that. someone
having faa funding, causing great problems for the american people, when we save this from overseas? they control things, too much money is being spent. >> bottom line, we have replaced this board the workers. thank you very much. neil: mark zuckerman says you encourage enemies call your bluff. and truly could we support if we take on an enemy waiting for us to call their bluff? it is all about we help. >> welcome to a large degree, we should help those countries that serve our own...
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the head of the faa saying that boeing's 787 dreamliner is still safe. this'll make you feel even safer, the faa is now investigating boeing's jumbo jet. this week alone, four critical incidents causing flight delays or cancellations. the government watchdog ron meyer says don't just blame boeing, blame the guys who gave it the green light to get this thing off the ground. it is interesting. i mean, it's not as if boeing went into this blindly. this thing was strictly monitored by the government and okayed by the government. >> neil, these guys are geniuses, i tell ya. after a plane catches fire and a window cracked -- that they missed, they said this plane was great. after the fact when there's problems, they go and say, huh, there's a fire there, you should probably fix that. neil: i don't think that's good. that's a problem. yeah. >> yeah. really, i can pay a first grader $100,000 a year like these guys are getting paid to say that. we have an expression for these people, and i can't say it exactly, but no duh, sherlock. of course, you need to fix the
the head of the faa saying that boeing's 787 dreamliner is still safe. this'll make you feel even safer, the faa is now investigating boeing's jumbo jet. this week alone, four critical incidents causing flight delays or cancellations. the government watchdog ron meyer says don't just blame boeing, blame the guys who gave it the green light to get this thing off the ground. it is interesting. i mean, it's not as if boeing went into this blindly. this thing was strictly monitored by the...
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we're wondering right now what, if anything, the faa did cut instead? to michelle on a classic case of, government sequestration manipulation. this is incredible. >> it really is. taxpayers, and particularly travelers, should be completely up in arms about this entire stunt last week. you had the deliberate furloughing of these air traffic controllers, to create and manufacture the most deliberate amount of pain and punishing the people who are just trying to do their jobs and get by and fly while washington, as you say, engages in more business as usual. delaying, and putting off and procrastinating, the kind of hard adult decisions that we have been crying for, for years. while engaging in this time honored -- i think it's been half century now -- iterations of washington monument to these. >> neil: my biggest worry isn't so much whether the controllers are back or not. because i think that was -- like you said, a little drama more than anything else. what are they going to cut? >> in fact if you look at the numbers, the post-sequester budget of the f
we're wondering right now what, if anything, the faa did cut instead? to michelle on a classic case of, government sequestration manipulation. this is incredible. >> it really is. taxpayers, and particularly travelers, should be completely up in arms about this entire stunt last week. you had the deliberate furloughing of these air traffic controllers, to create and manufacture the most deliberate amount of pain and punishing the people who are just trying to do their jobs and get by and...
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>> under faa regulations. in this situation may have happened is the question may not have been expected. someone may have improvised but we have to be careful because we don't want to burden foreign pilots and then have to face the same burden when we go to their country. >> neil: it might be a moot point because it's not an issue in this crash. you argue if there is a risk that our pilots could face scrutiny in other countries, knew technique rules, what do you think? >> i expect something but they have rules and regulations they have to follow. with regard to the investigation, the country where the investigation occurs should be in charge of the investigation. therefore, we should be able to test these pilots just as if it was car accident here in america. i don't understand what the difference is. i don't understand, i understand the argument free market and we would be subjected go to different rules in different places but this is investigation in regard to a plane crash. >> and plane crash in nova scot
>> under faa regulations. in this situation may have happened is the question may not have been expected. someone may have improvised but we have to be careful because we don't want to burden foreign pilots and then have to face the same burden when we go to their country. >> neil: it might be a moot point because it's not an issue in this crash. you argue if there is a risk that our pilots could face scrutiny in other countries, knew technique rules, what do you think? >> i...
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why not let us use them a little longer. >> is it worth noting this isn't the first time the faa has looked at making these changes but in previous cities they found there was some small chance that electronic devices could interfere with cockpit instruments in the plane, but thanks to new advancements in technology, the latest study says those chances have been significantly decreased. now, we're still a little ways out before you can have your tablet and your smartphone out, playing a word -- but the faa will make the final announcement in september. >> just trying to figure out what the flight attendants will get mad at me about next time on the flight if they can't do that. >> get ready to get fee-ed up. now uncle sam is looking to cash in currently those fees are not tacked but some democrat lawmakers looking to change that. michelle, actually i'm kind of surprised the fees weren't taxed in the first place. so you change your flight, you get a $200 change fee, the airlines take it but the feds don't get a piece of the profit? >> as of right now the airline tickets are taxed 7.5%
why not let us use them a little longer. >> is it worth noting this isn't the first time the faa has looked at making these changes but in previous cities they found there was some small chance that electronic devices could interfere with cockpit instruments in the plane, but thanks to new advancements in technology, the latest study says those chances have been significantly decreased. now, we're still a little ways out before you can have your tablet and your smartphone out, playing a...
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these are faa stacks. the first day of furloughs there were 422 delays because of these fur lows, some 36% of all the tee lays that day. by monday it was up to 1200, almost half. on tuesday it was more than a thousand, more than a half, and yesterday some 86 3-d - 863 tee laysen and the faa because of these furloughs and there's a trupp of senators trying to resolve this issue you would basically give the faa and the department of transportation the authority to take the money from somewhere necessary their budget and come up with the $200 million to solve this, and there's some openness on this in the house. >> i find that less onerous than within sequestration, but you know what? we're just fooling ourselves if we think that we are doing any -- the american people any favor by not finding a real solution. >> we're willing to look at what the senate is going pro pose. i believe we don't need to pass legislation, and it should be very limited and actually directing the faa to use the ability, the flexibili
these are faa stacks. the first day of furloughs there were 422 delays because of these fur lows, some 36% of all the tee lays that day. by monday it was up to 1200, almost half. on tuesday it was more than a thousand, more than a half, and yesterday some 86 3-d - 863 tee laysen and the faa because of these furloughs and there's a trupp of senators trying to resolve this issue you would basically give the faa and the department of transportation the authority to take the money from somewhere...
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its 637 million for the faa. that's 5%. janet napolitano, the cuts for the tsa is 276 million. found 1.5 billion in waste by the inspector general, the numbers don't add up. they're threatening to close towers. we have 513 towers. 250 contractor towers. the ig found the contact towers round on 5 hap thousand, the faa towers two million, and the contract towerrers beat them on performance and safety and security and the same levels of traffic. a good manager can manage through 5% cut. a bad one should be dismissed. >> neil: you're looking at lax where there's an eerie calm. >>> having said all of this, one of the things jab -- janet napolitano warned but we're going to have grinding issues that come up because of the sequestration so it's not evident now but will be in the near future at the cuts come into effect. is that true? >> well, no, it's not. go back to the hard numbers. scare tactics are what washington use for politics and happens all the time. put the real numbers are 5%. so you have an airport, 100tsa agents 5% cut, unless somebody is funnying with the numbers, and i
its 637 million for the faa. that's 5%. janet napolitano, the cuts for the tsa is 276 million. found 1.5 billion in waste by the inspector general, the numbers don't add up. they're threatening to close towers. we have 513 towers. 250 contractor towers. the ig found the contact towers round on 5 hap thousand, the faa towers two million, and the contract towerrers beat them on performance and safety and security and the same levels of traffic. a good manager can manage through 5% cut. a bad one...
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and now the faa stepping in, those planes aren't going to fly. when they do start flying you have the choice of what equipment you whatnot to book, and if you have a profile with a local travel agent you work with, because they book 60% of the international airline tickets -- you can instruct them to book away from that air craft. >> what happens -- you're at the airport, the plane you have is having mechanical problems, they roll one the from somewhere, you're on this 787 but you don't want to be but you don't want to be at the airport overnight. >> so you either suck it up and go. i'd just go. i'm going. i'm comfortable. i think the plane has been flying for six or seven years in terms of testing. now rolled out a year ago and already flown a million passengers, crazy number of peaks. so, yeah, this is an issue. >> didn't like this to the degree -- i know a lot of it has to do with the fact that so many will be rolled out so soon; right. >> seems like a lot of weird stuff. >> it's disconcerting but seemss to be isolated to the batteries, and th
and now the faa stepping in, those planes aren't going to fly. when they do start flying you have the choice of what equipment you whatnot to book, and if you have a profile with a local travel agent you work with, because they book 60% of the international airline tickets -- you can instruct them to book away from that air craft. >> what happens -- you're at the airport, the plane you have is having mechanical problems, they roll one the from somewhere, you're on this 787 but you don't...
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for the faa the numbers don't add up. their work load has been decreasing and yet they didn't make the necessary changes to prepare for the sequestration. which they've known since last fall was coming. that's why it's just politics as usual in d.c. >> neil: so these cuts that the white house was referring to that took effect formally yesterday, aren't real? >> the cuts are real all right but the problem for the federal aviation administration is their real work load has been falling or forever a decade, and when they were told they had to do the sequestration last fall, logically you would have prepared and put your work force in place at atlanta and new york, and not at branson, missouri, which averages less than one flight per hour. they didn't do that. they were counting -- i was in washington, dc for almost 15 years. you expect things to work out, expect to never have to cut. but the cuts are here but they don't get it. for next year's budget they asked for 100 more people, and three extra billion dollars for securit
for the faa the numbers don't add up. their work load has been decreasing and yet they didn't make the necessary changes to prepare for the sequestration. which they've known since last fall was coming. that's why it's just politics as usual in d.c. >> neil: so these cuts that the white house was referring to that took effect formally yesterday, aren't real? >> the cuts are real all right but the problem for the federal aviation administration is their real work load has been...
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and the way the system works, you have basically the airlines and the faa working in concert. the airlines clearly are responsible for maintaining their airplanes in a safe manner. but the faa has a very, very serious responsibility of making sure that those repairs are done well. and because of the nature of aviation today, a lot of work is done overseas, but it really doesn't matter where the repair is done, whether in iowa or singapore or wherever, you want to make sure at it being done right. with the right tools and right paperwork. >> neil: is one carrier safer or better at that's than others? >> well, it's hard to put is in words like that. safety means a lot of things to a lot of different people to a lot of passengers, it's safe if there are no crashes. it's safe if no one gets killed. but for people inside the industry, myself included, we don't look at the safety of the system. we look at something measurable, recollection. and in this case risk is the likelihood of something bad happening, and the level of that bad thing that could happen, and this problem that the
and the way the system works, you have basically the airlines and the faa working in concert. the airlines clearly are responsible for maintaining their airplanes in a safe manner. but the faa has a very, very serious responsibility of making sure that those repairs are done well. and because of the nature of aviation today, a lot of work is done overseas, but it really doesn't matter where the repair is done, whether in iowa or singapore or wherever, you want to make sure at it being done...
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the faa is blaming the budget cuts but an industry insider is not. the argument these cuts had to come, a number of these towers were slated to close anyway. some were taken off the list and new ones added. bottom line, how is it going to affect us? >> well, it's not going to affect the passengers on a commercial flight. nat going to affect the regular fare paying passenger. there are 513 control towers in the country and 250 contract towers. the reason they're contract tower is because they're very low activity towers towers and a contractor could run. the contractors ran the tower at one-fourth the cost of an faa tower and had far less mistakes. these are towers the inspector general and myself said there's not enough activity to justify it. low activity, should be closed or farmed out to contractors. so this has been known for 15 years. >> neil: i'm sorry. just get that point across. the airports to which those towers are a part, they are effectively closed, then, or no? >> oh, no. no. no. you can fly -- one of them on the list, ohio state univers
the faa is blaming the budget cuts but an industry insider is not. the argument these cuts had to come, a number of these towers were slated to close anyway. some were taken off the list and new ones added. bottom line, how is it going to affect us? >> well, it's not going to affect the passengers on a commercial flight. nat going to affect the regular fare paying passenger. there are 513 control towers in the country and 250 contract towers. the reason they're contract tower is because...
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the faa said, oh well, the fixes will take care of it. now in this case, if it's yet another battery fire, i think they will wait to determine the true exact cause of the battery fire before allowing it back. so, that's the big danger for boeing, is if it's the battery, they might face a grounding again. >> these 787s are still night as of right now. i assume. it's one plane in heath heathrow isn't going to ground the whole three. does mary put ore family on a 787 tomorrow? >> well, not today or tomorrow, no but if the faa grounds them other nations will follow suit. just won't be the u.s. everyone will do it. >> what's the process from here for boeing? they bring this airplane in and then some other ones and see if there's any pattern? >> well, no. at this point the process will be that they will pull off and look at whatever caught fire in london. the london -- the british authorities are in charge of this investigation. the ntsb has dispatched a team to help and if it's a different part of the plane they have to start the investigation
the faa said, oh well, the fixes will take care of it. now in this case, if it's yet another battery fire, i think they will wait to determine the true exact cause of the battery fire before allowing it back. so, that's the big danger for boeing, is if it's the battery, they might face a grounding again. >> these 787s are still night as of right now. i assume. it's one plane in heath heathrow isn't going to ground the whole three. does mary put ore family on a 787 tomorrow? >> well,...
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. >> neil: all i know is the faa is overall budget is higher than a year ago. >> that's right. >> neil: so there's been no huge personnel overall hit and a huge agency you can cut a lot of. >> in our editorial today, we pointed out they just expended $500 million for a program of sustainable cities. don't know what that money is being used for but i bet the american people are saying, don't cut the air traffic controllers, cut that program. there's a lot of flexibility the administration can be use. i think it's a political ploy, and you asked the question, who is going to win? i don't think the american people are going to be too happy with the president because he is furloughing. >> neil: such a pleasurable experience going to the airport. steve moore, thank you very much. one senator is offering the president a way around the furloughs. >> name one suspected terrorist, three public defenders, lots of angry taxpayers. @ >> neil: might not be an enemy combatant about dzhokar tsarnaev will be armed to the teeth. not one, not two, but three public defenders defending them, and the
. >> neil: all i know is the faa is overall budget is higher than a year ago. >> that's right. >> neil: so there's been no huge personnel overall hit and a huge agency you can cut a lot of. >> in our editorial today, we pointed out they just expended $500 million for a program of sustainable cities. don't know what that money is being used for but i bet the american people are saying, don't cut the air traffic controllers, cut that program. there's a lot of flexibility...